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Aids, malaria and TB fund ‘aims to inspire donors’
In just four-and-a-half years, the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria has helped 544Â 000 HIV-positive people begin anti-retroviral treatment, distributed…
The truth is out there … somewhere
South Africa’s Unidentified Flying Objects Resource (Saufor) will host its second annual Unbind Your Mind UFO conference in celebration of World UFO Day on July 1 in Cape Town.…
It’s a hard life on the streets of Johannesburg
A group of men sits huddled around a two-plate stove. They rub their hands, trying to stay warm; one eats porridge with a wooden spoon straight out of the pot. This is the end of…
Kasrils kick-starts Zim rescue mission
South African President Thabo Mbeki has relaunched his diplomatic offensive to engage President Robert Mugabe in a bid to resolve Zimbabwe’s escalating political and economic…
Could two time zones help electricity demand?
South Africa should consider the introduction of two time zones in order to alleviate Eskom’s electricity peak-demand woes, said Professor Christo Viljoen, a professional…
Ryk ‘devastated’ after medals go missing during robbery
South African Olympic gold medallist Ryk Neethling is distraught after his Sandton home was robbed early on Friday morning and some of his medals stolen. Neethling’s agent Fiona…
The good news is ‘there will be gas’
Residents in Johannesburg and other inland and KwaZulu-Natal regions who are experiencing gas shortages need not panic because "there will be gas", Colin McClelland, director of…
Sponsor woes get SA down ahead of Streetfootball Cup
The South African streetfootball team, which is participating in the first Streetfootball World Cup, to be held during the Soccer World Cup in Berlin in July, is battling to find…
‘Sending me back is a death sentence’
”If South Africa wants to send me back to Zimbabwe it would be a death sentence,” former Zimbabwean opposition MP Roy Bennett told the Mail & Guardian Online in Johannesburg on…
‘Unprecedented demand’ leads to gas shortage
Suppliers of gas cylinders for heating have run out of stock after this week’s cold spell and customers in Johannesburg and other inland and KwaZulu-Natal regions have been…
Bad printing habits lead to large-scale paper wastage
The retail sector in Europe outstrips other sectors with regard to the highest rate of paper wastage. A quarter of all pages in the workplace are printed for nothing, according…
Survey: Media ‘prejudiced’ against gay community
An internet-based survey conducted by South Africa’s Triangle Project in April has revealed that most of the respondents felt that the mass media contribute to prejudice against…
Selebi won’t ‘enter public debate’ on ICD
National police chief Jackie Selebi won’t be engaging in any debate surrounding his call for the demise of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), said police spokesperson,…
‘I don’t think online is going to kill newspapers’
Fienie Grobler, the new editor of <i>The Media</i> magazine, speaks to the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> about media reporting.
Municipalities mull offering telecoms services
Several South African municipalities are looking at offering telecommunications services as a service to residents or have already begun to do so, says Dr Andrew Hutchison,…